Merry & Bright Candles by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have a rustic masculine Christmas card to share today using more products from the 2024 Yuletide collection. 

 

Started with the background again and die cut the Narrow Woodgrain Planks from brown cardstock.  Darker brown cardstock was then trimmed to 4x5.25-inches.  Covered it with a sheet of double-sided adhesive and attached the planks to cover it.  For a spotlight effect, ink blended Gathered Twigs and Black Soot distress inks around the perimeter of the panel.

 

 

The candle base and top layers were die cut from white glitter and white mirror paper, respectively.  Shading was then added to them using cool grey Copic Sketch markers C00/0/1/2/3.  The flames were die cut from alcohol marker friendly paper and colored with Y11/15 yellow Copic Sketch markers.  The pine cones were die cut from dark brown and Kraft cardstock, while the pine needles were prepped as described in a previous post HERE.  The sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder on a strip of red Yuletide Plaid paper and a fish tail cut out for something different.  Assembled the card onto a white card base then added snow details with a white Posca pen to finish.

 

 

And that does it for my card.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful day.

Supplies

 

94812 Merry and Bright Candles

94802 Pinecone Duo

94823 Narrow Woodgrain Planks

CL5286 Holiday Wishes clear stamp set

PP1031 Yuletide Plaid 6x6 pack

SP1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

Walking in a Winter Wonderland by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have a Christmas {in September} card to share today. 😉  I played with the Wintertime Bear dies and Frosted Trees 3D embossing folder (EF) from the 2024 Yuletide collection to create a snowy winter scene.  Normally inspiration comes from the images, but this time the sentiment was the starting point.  Took some creative licence with the Wintertime Bear and created a bear couple who traded in their skates and skis for some warm winter walking boots. 😂

The bears were die cut from alcohol marker friendly paper and shaded and colored with cool grey Copic Sketch markers C00/0/1/2/3/7.  Their accessories were die cut from two patterns of the Yuletide Cheer 6x6 paper.  The pom-pom and brim of the hat were also die cut from alcohol marker friendly paper.  Dark grey dye ink was ink blended on the bottom layers of the hat and scarves to give dimension. 

The background is a twist on the Blackout EF technique.  The technique involves dragging a black ink pad direct-to-paper on the debossed side of the embossed panel.  That would work great for a night scene, but since I was going for daytime, Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac distress oxide inks were used instead.  To avoid contaminating them with the direct-to-paper method, the inks were pressed onto an acetate sheet first then the inks were picked up with a rubber brayer and applied to the panel.  This also gives a more blended effect, as seen in the photo below.

The sentiment was white heat embossed on black cardstock next.  Trimmed down the background panel and adhered to the top of a white card base.  Fussy cut the ground area from white glitter paper and adhered at the bottom.  To complete the scene and make it cohesive, added falling snow over/on top of the bears and ground with a white Posca pen.  Why you ask?  Because snow falls everywhere.  Oops… looks like I made the snow so round that the accessories look polka dotted. 😂

Happy Labor Day to those who are enjoying this holiday.  That does it for my card.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful week.

Supplies

 

94819 Wintertime Bear

PP1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

EF1045 Frosted Trees 3D Embossing Folder

CL5286 Holiday Wishes clear stamp set

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

Frosty Lantern Joy by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have another Christmas in August card to share today featuring other fabulous products from the 2024 Yuletide collection.

Started with the background again and did the stencil monoprint technique using the Falling Snowflakes stencil.  Did this by applying water reactive blue ink to the stencil, spritzing with water then flipping it over onto watercolor paper, resulting in this frosty look.

The lantern was die cut from silver Vintage Pastel mirror paper.  For the back piece, traced its shape onto white paper, fussy cut out then ink blended grey dye ink to give it shading.  Most of the other die cut pieces were die cut from alcohol marker friendly paper and colored with Copic Sketch markers B00/32/34/37/39.

The snowflakes were die cut from white glitter paper while the Brilliant Berries branch was die cut from silver foil cardstock.  Assembled the card onto a white card base and added clear jewels to the poinsettia centers to finish  

Had trouble adding photos to this post, but Typepad finally behaved.  And that’s all for today.  Thank you for joining me.   Have a wonderful day.

 

Supplies

 

94800 Frosted Lantern

94763 Bello Joy

94822 Petite Poinsettias

94816 Drifting Snowflakes

94830 Brilliant Berries

88627 Falling Snowflakes Stencil

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

JWL001 Clear Jewels

Anemone Birthday Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone!  I have an easy but stunning birthday card design featuring the Anemone Drift 3D embossing folder.  I have the design in both in cool or warm colors.

Background:

Emboss black card stock using the Anemone Drift 3D embossing folder.  Trim to A2 size.  Use Fresh Ink Capri Blue or French Lavender to lightly rub on top of the flowers.   Use gel pen to add highlights to the stamens of the flowers, silver for the blue card and gold for the purple card.  

Flowers:

Die cut a the 2 flower dies from the Anemone Drift from blue and/or purple card stock from the Ocean Blue paper pad.  Secure the die cuts to the matching flowers in the embossing folder and run through your machine.  Add some highlights to the edges of the die cuts using a white gel pen and use your finger to blend the color to the center of the flower.  

Sentiment: 

Die cut the bottom of the Happy Birthday Debut Script from vellum and the top from silver and/or gold paper from the Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad.  Adhere together.  I lots the dot for my i and used a blue gem from the Pastel Jewels.

Assembly:

Adhere the background to an A2 white card.  Adhere the sentiment to the center of the card.  Adhere the flowers around the sentiment.

Supplies

 

ef1041 Anemone Drift 3D Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies

94773 Happy Birthday Debut Script

SP1005 Ocean Blue

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

New Anemone Release Thank You by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a card created using the brand new "Anemone Collection."  This is a beautiful collection of anemone dies, embossing folders with coordinating dies and  rub-ons, new paper pads and new style word dies.  

For my card I used the new "Anemone Drift 3D Embossing folder (EF1041) on white card stock.  I die cut the new "Anemone Bud Duo" (94765) from white card stock and colored them with Distress Inks.  I used the Stitched Layered Circles (30036) to cut circle from "Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad" (FP1002) blue and from a piece of patterned paper from the "Anemone Grove Paper Pad" (PP1026).  I also cut the "Thank You Debut Script" (94775) shadow die from the mirror card stock.  The thinner word die was cut from white card stock and adhered with glue to the shadow die.

I glued the circles together then added them to the embossed panel and next I added the colored anemones to the circles.  I actually cut the leaves die into 3 pieces so I could put the leaves where I wanted them.  Next, I added the sentiment and then added that panel to the heavy weight card base.  Finally I used my corner rounder to round 3 of the four corners of the card.  

All three pictures of my card were taken from different angles so you could see the mirror cardstock reflection in different places.

Here's one last look at my finished card:

I hope you enjoyed my card for today.  Be sure to check out the whole release on the Memory Box website HERE.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

94775 Thank You Debut Script

94765 Anemone Bud Duo

EF1041 Anemone Drift 3D Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies

PP1026 Anemone Grove 6x6 pack

30036 Stitched Circle Layers

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

Snowflake Gate Fold Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have another winter card that can be used for any occasion.  This is a quick and easy card to put together.

Card Base:

Cut a light blue heavy weight card stock to 8 1/2" x 5 1/2".  To create the gate fold score at 2 1/4" turn card around and score at 2 1/4" at the other end.  Fold and press with a bone folder.  Die cut the Aurora Snowflake Frame from the blue shiny paper from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad.  Glue 1/2 of the frame to 1 side of the gate fold.  Trim of the side that is not glued down with a paper trimmer.  Glue the other side to the other gate flap.

Wrap Around Strip:

Cut from the same light blue card stock to 1 1/4" x 10".  To create the fold it is best to wrap it around the card.  Secure 1 end to the center of the left panel with washi tape and wrap around the card.  Die cut the Alpine Snowflakes from the same shiny blue paper 4 times.  Adhere the snowflakes around the strip.  Stamp "let it snow" from the Shining Star clear stamp set on the same light blue card stock with VersaFine Clair Twilight.  Trim around the sentiment.  Edge the strip and sentiment with white pigment ink.  Adhere the sentiment on the snowflake.

Assembly:

Using tape runner, adhere the strip around the card starting at the center of the left panel and ending at the center of the right panel. There should about 1 1/2" hanging over the left panel.   Add a little liquid glue just under the right panel.  Add a velcro self adhesive dot to the left flap and put the top on then close the other side pressing down on the paper to adhere the top dot.  Stamp the inside with May Peace Love & Joy surround you like the first Snow from the Yuletide Moments stamp set using VersaFine Clair Twilight ink. Adhere the extra snowflakes around the sentiment in the inside of the card. 

 

Supplies

 

94750 Aurora Snowflake Frame

cl5285 Shining Star Clear Stamp Set

94680 Alpine Snowflakes

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

cl5274 Yuletide Moments

Carved Wood Poinsettias by Trina Pham

 

Hello everyone.  Two more sleeps till Christmas and I have another Christmas card to share today. 😂  It’s a rustic masculine poinsettia card created with the Carved Wood technique using the Perfect Poinsettias 3D embossing folder (EF) from the current 2023 Christmas collection.  I saw this technique years ago, but this recent video HERE inspired me to finally give it a try. 

Started with a white panel from my stash and three gradient brown color dye ink pads.  Scored the panel vertically at 1/2-inch intervals, then dragged the lightest color ink pad direct-to-paper down the length of the panel several times until satisfied with the faux woodgrain look.  BTW, the ink pads should be the felt type (like the distress inks) and not the foam ones.

 

Spritz the back of the panel with water, then placed it into the EF on the flat side with the faux wood pattern facing up and ran it through the die cutting machine.  The image will be debossed, resulting in the reverse image being pushed in.  It’s barely visible in the photo below.

 

So to reveal the “carved” image, repeated the direct-to-paper ink pad dragging step with the medium and darkest color ink pads.  Oops, I went a bit heavier handed than I would like.  Doesn’t it looked carved?

 
The panel was then trimmed down slightly smaller than A2 size and matted onto dark brown cardstock.  Added the Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Rose Tab for a pop of color.

 

Used the Poinsettia Stem die to die cut the poinsettia centers from gold mirror paper.  Assembled and mounted the card onto a white card base to finish.

That does it for me this year.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a happy holiday!  See you next year.

 

 

Supplies

 

EF1037 Perfect Poinsettias 3D Embossing Folder and Dies

94738 Poinsettia Stem

ST002 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Rose Tabs

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

Snowy Pine Trees by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  My monochromatic masculine Christmas card today was inspired by this card on IG made with an embossing folder.  I used the Pine Tree Grove die from the current 2023 Christmas release with the Layered Narrow Pines dies from last year’s Christmas collection for my card.

I didn’t have two gradient blue color cardstock, so all pine tree layers were die cut from white Bristol paper, ink blended with either Stormy Sky or Faded Jeans distress inks using blending brushes, then glued together.  A clean tree sample can be seen to the left of the card in the photo above.

The torn paper mask technique was used again, this time to create the snowy hills on navy blue cardstock.  Printer paper was torn to look like slopes, then white pigment ink was applied over their edges.

Next, arranged and adhered the trees onto the panel before splatteringn with diluted white gouache paint for falling snow.  Painted white gouache paint at the tree bases and on the trees for accumulated snow.  White heat embossed the sentiment on a navy blue cardstock strip to finish. 

That does it for my card.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful week.

Supplies

 

94736 Pine Tree Grove

94706 Layered Narrow Pines

CL5285 Shining Star Clear Stamp Set

Christmas Gift Tags by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I enjoy making gift tags for the holiday season.  Having a smaller space to work with help with creativity for me.  There are a lot of smaller dies in this year release that are perfect sized for gift tags.  

Tag Bas.

I used a trimmer that cuts at a 45 degree angle to create the base tag. The tag is 2 3/4" wide and 4 1/2" tall and then the upper corners are cut at a 45 degree angle.  Select and trim the front and back to the base size. I used white card stock to create the first one with the trimmer and then fussy cut the rest of the tags by using temporary tape to hold in place while cutting on the angle for the rest.  For the front panels I used the Poinsettia Garland pattern paper.  I chose papers with subtle backgrounds.  then ink blended the sides with a darker ink then the paper.  

Focal points:

For the brown tags I used the Poinsettia Stem die and Vintage Lantern and die cut out of white card stock.  Ink blended the flower with Lumberjack Plaid and Ketch Flamingo.  The stem and leaves where Pealed Paint and Rustic Wilderness.  I did add a little Vintage Photo to darken up some areas of the leaves.  The center was Squeezed Lemon Aide and Mustard Seed.  The lantern was colored first with black then Gilded Foundry Wax.  Then it was too bright and toned it down with Antiqued Bronze Distress Crayon and rubbed in with my finger.  I then added some shading using a black Distess Crayon applying it with a damp paint brush.  The candle I used watercolor markers in a light yellow and orange for the flame and a tope and light olive green for the base.  

For the aqua tags I kept is simpler.  I used the Aurora Snowflake die cut in white card stock and left it as is.  For the last tag I used the Classic Pair of Ice Skates. Die cut from white and the blade out of silver from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad.  I ink blended the boot portion with Fresh Ink Silicone Blue around the outside edge. The base I ink blended with Vintage Photo Distress ink.  I used a matching embroidery floss and a needle to thread up the skates and to hang from the top of the tag.  

Assembly:

On the white backs I stamped To and From from the Birch Press Designs Glide Tidings clear stamp set.  I adhered the front to the back.  Then punched the hole in the center top. I added the focal points and a sentiment with the new Rose and White Greeting tabs.  Tied some gold ribbon through the hole.

 

 

Supplies

 

94738 Poinsettia Stem

94753 Aurora Snowflake

94743 Vintage Lantern

94674 Classic Pair of Ice Skates

st001 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings White Tabs

st002 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Rose Tabs

pp1024 Poinsettia Garland 6x6 pack

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

Fall Blessings by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  Pumpkins are not just for Halloween. 😉  I’m using the Autumn Pumpkin die from the 2023 Fall collection again, and this time using it to create a fall / thanksgiving card.

All images / pieces were die cut from various white paper and/or cardstock.  Ink blending with blending brushes and distress inks (DIs) were used to color them, except for the pumpkin and leaves.  Copic Sketch markers E41/43, W3 and BG99 were used to color the white pumpkin, while the orange leaves were done by ink smooshing diluted Spiced Marmalade and Rusty Hinge DIs.  The large Layered Daisies were die cut three times and their centers were from Riverbank Large Layered Blooms.

DIs used include:
large daisies - Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Gathered Twigs
small daisies - Mustard Seed, Wilted Violet
Layered Greenery Stems - Iced Spruce 

The Mini Varsity Alphabet letters were die cut from gold Vintage Pastel Mirror paper and adhered onto a dark brown cardstock strip.  The background panel is cream woodgrain paper scored vertically at 1” intervals, then an Antique Linen DI cube was dragged direct-to-paper down its length to help bring out the woodgrain texture.  Assembled the card onto a cream color card base to finish.

That does it for my card.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful week,  

Supplies

 

94690 Autumn Pumpkin

94694 Layered Greenery Stems

94472 Layered Daisies

94649 Riverbank Large Layered Blooms

94342 Mini Vintage Varsity Alphabet

SH44002 Cream Woodgrain Paper Pack

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad